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Of bilateral mechanisms this amid escalating
trade tensions between the world's 2
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biggest economies President Donald Trump
is due to unveil revisions to his initial
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tariff list targeting $50000000000.00 of
Chinese goods on Friday prior to Beijing
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met with Japanese and South Korean foreign
ministers in Seoul South Korea there he
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thanked China for helping bring North
Korea to the negotiating table during
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a summit with the US earlier this week the
Republican Korean knowledge that we have
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turned the corner that we've begun
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a process away from the threat of war
and towards the peace on the peninsula.
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Briefing regional leaders and diplomats
during this trip to Asia Japanese news
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outlets say officials
are say King to arrange
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a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo
and North Korean leader Kim Jong un
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according to government sources expectations
were raised after Kim told U.S.
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President Trump during their meeting
Tuesday in Singapore he's willing to hold
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talks with. The U.N.
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Security Council is set to hold an
emergency meeting Thursday to discuss the
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situation in Yemen it says 2nd day as
Saudi led coalition is conducting an
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offensive to push Huth the rebel rebels
out of the key port of her data Britain
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called the meeting after one of its diplomats
urged all sides to exercise restraint
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and engage with political efforts to spare
a military confrontation more on V.O.A.
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News dot com This is V.O.A.
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News. The UN General Assembly Wednesday
condemned Israel for excessive use of force
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against Palestinian
civilians and ask the U.N.
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Secretary general for
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a protection mechanism for occupied
Palestinian territory the result of the voted
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as follows in favor 120 against 8
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abstentions $45.00 draft resolution
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a slate dash 10 slash 3
and up to the US vetoed
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a similar resolution in the Security
Council dozens of Palestinians were killed
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during protests along the Gaza Israel
from tear beginning in late March U.S.
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Officials will join talks in
Geneva later this month on forming
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a Syrian constitutional committee
that's according to U.N.
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Syrian envoy Stefan the most Doria he told
that to reporters on Thursday signaling
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movement in
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a process that had appeared at the risk
of stalling leaders of the US Republican
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led House of Representatives are trying to
craft legislation on immigration issues
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the outcome of
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a truce between the party's conservative
and moderate factions the fate of
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thousands of young Onda undocumented
immigrants in the Deferred Action for
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Childhood Arrivals program or
DACA is at stake the bill taking
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a conservative approach to legal status
for DACA recipients may not have enough
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votes to pass and the so-called compromise
bill is still being written Republican
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Representative Carlos we said from the
beginning we want the house to debate
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immigration reform in
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a serious meaningful way and it looks like
that is happening for the 1st time in
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nearly
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a decade votes on immigration bills could
be held as soon as next week bad weather
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has forced a migrant rescue ship
in the Mediterranean to take
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a detour on its journey
to Spain the group S.O.S.
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Mediterranean tweeted out Thursday quote
the Aquarius will sail along the East
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Coast of Sardinia to avoid. Weather and
preserve the sick exhausted and shocked
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survivors of this untenable situation in
Spain agreed to take in the vessel with
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629 migrants left in limbo after their
weekend rescue off Libya's coast as Italy
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and Malta bickered over who should take
them in the World Cup excitement has begun
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was
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the most Russia is taking on Saudi Arabia
in the opening match happening right now
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fans decked down in national colors created
an electric air of anticipation near
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Red Square earlier in the day the World Cup
will be played at venues across Russia
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until the final on July 15th
I'm Liz Palka for V.O.A.
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News. That's the latest
world news from oh hey.
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This is Africa news tonight
on The Voice of America.
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Good evening and welcome to Africa news
tonight from the English to Africa Service
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of the Voice of America your source for Pan
African news and world developments I'm
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Kim Lewis in Washington and coming up on
Africa news tonight we feel that it's very
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important to highlight what is happening
to adolescent mothers in education because
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they are highly in this group and government
policies that and then the Martinez
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author of The Human Rights Watch report on
African policies towards President teams
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and adolescent mothers attending school
the details coming up also Muslims around
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the world are preparing to celebrate outfitter
after an extensive Ramadan fast and
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democracy is at work in Zimbabwe as the
country goes to the polls on July 30th
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we'll have these stories and lots
more ahead on Africa news tonight.
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Today is
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a big day for sports fans of the
always sunny young fills us in. Sporty
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World Cup greetings to all our Voice of
America listeners this is via way son
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a young host of the sunny side of sports
the 2018 World Cup football tournament
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officially kicked off Thursday in Moscow
Russia Russia is hosting Saudi Arabia in
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the opening match the 1st 2 African teams
the Pharaohs of Egypt and the yeah plus
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lions of Morocco will be in action Friday
Egypt's head coach says Liverpool star
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Mohamed Salah injured
last month in the U.A.E.
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For Champions League final is almost 100
percent certain to play against erg why
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and the Moroccans will meet Iran I'll
have special World Cup reports at
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16301830 U.T.C.
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.
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So that has suffered its 2nd deadly mosque
attack in just over a month shocking
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a country that prides itself on religious
tolerance Police say 2 people were
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fatally stabbed and several others wounded
in mouse but he near Cape Town police
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fatally shot the lone attacker after he
charged at officers police say they are
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investigating and did not discuss possible
motives the attack occurred at the end
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of that Ahmed on his lumps month of
fasting and that inflection on May 10th
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attackers killed
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a mosque leader and injured 2 other people
come mosque in the town of veteran on
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the outskirts of the eastern port city of
Durban know what assets have been made
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about 1.5 percent of South Africa's
55000000 people are Muslim.
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Muslims around the world are preparing
to celebrate the alphabet or after the
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Ramadan fast Muslim clerics are calling
on the faithful to retain the virtues
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gained during the holy month
gift argue Rieger reports from
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a border Nigeria it falls on the 1st day
of the month of show while the aim of this
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feast is to be grateful for the successful
completion of the month long the Ramadan
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fast in one Geria Muslims are in high
spirits ready for the celebration which is
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also called Sela in Arabic the Nigerian
government has already declared Friday in
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Monday public holidays to enable Muslims
to mark the occasion term use of any man
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in
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a Buddha says they were Lawson's every Muslim
can learn from the just concluded Ramadan
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. Lit school that's changed
is that more or less
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one's behavior from bad
to good from to better it
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is
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a pseudonym the lessons both suppressed
social economy and what have
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you are more than elevates one level of
emotion so that you'd be closer to Alaskans
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than what I am of them teaches us sincerity
which we're expected to be sincere and
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be attracted to as our mission you
serve called on Muslims to live
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a life of Secretary Rice charity and love
for one another some Muslims express
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their happiness and their gratitude to allow
for seen them through another Ramadan
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fast the man was dressed
in a white gel a beer with
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a cap to fit cord in
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a raid big and he was seated in his
brother's shop who sells groceries and
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additional M.A.
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Was wearing a white shirt with
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a pair of pants. Beaming with smiles.
So we have to learn more about my
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dad. And Shiloh I want to say
that they decide it's people.
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It's happiness my British show
for the forthcoming Italy 53100.
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For everything for good it is better and
the level of human being. Of economy
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everybody moves very very tough this fall
it's taken to make hardship the country's
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experience and there is no down stats Muslims
in Nigeria prepared to celebrate this
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holy face along the.
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Ied Mubarak to Muslims around
the well that. This Gift I get
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from. An
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international human rights group says
tens of thousands of pregnant girls and
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adolescent mothers are banned or discarded
from attending school across Africa
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Human Rights Watch examines the issue in
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a 40 page report that at least today I head
of the day of the African child on June
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16th from the Kenyan capital reports.
Speaking to reporters in Nairobi
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representatives from the New York based
Human Rights Group said many African
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governments of made strong commitments
in recent years to ensure that pregnant
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girls and young mothers cannot attend
school however countries such as Equatorial
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Guinea Sierra Leone and tons Anea still
ban pregnant girls or dollars and mothers
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from government screws in
Martinez is children's rights
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a researcher at Human Rights Watch and all
of the of the report we feel that it's
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very important to highlight what is happening
to adolescent mothers in education
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because they are
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a highly visible group in government
policies this is despite the fact that
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actually Africa has the highest teenage
fertility rates in the world and yet
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governments have in some cases managed to
ensure that they include pregnant girls
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in their analysis but in many cases we
have found that this is lacking in many
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governments are actually really not including
some analysts and mothers the report
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provides the 1st comprehensive analyses
of laws policies and practices across all
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African Union member states that support
or block adolescent girls schooling during
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pregnancy and motherhood it defines that
terms Anea is among and 4 of African
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countries that officially discriminate
against young mothers state policy many more
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countries opt to keep dollars and mothers
in school or the implementation of their
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laws and policies frequently force short
and monitoring of our dollars and mothers
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entry to education remains
weak overall Terry or T.N.
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Or the national coordinator of the forum
for African women educational east far
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away Kenya chapter explains one of the
challenges that we have really experienced
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is
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a lot of the police in full swing. You
realize that the police is there.
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To implement it there's no legal in
force majeure but when I watch when
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a teacher has
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a forceful listen to God send out to the
school what should have been the teacher
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does not think the police is the sin of
this teacher should be arrested by this
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teacher should be done this they
should be a lane in the policy or
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a sentence the policy that emphasize the
interest in these things these are the
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repercussions Every year thousands of
school age African girls become pregnant
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girls from poor and more marginalized
households and communities are among the most
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affected Christine who is
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a teenage mother who resides in one of
Nairobi's informal settlements she say's
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life has never been the same scenes she
became pregnant and gave birth to our
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foster child while in school then we looked
at her and should turn to 16 if you're
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a 16 years old primary it's.
My duty to protect your
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players she say's I became pregnant
in 2016 aged 16 years while doing
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my final year in primary school I
had to drop out of school to become
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a mother I was unable to finish school my
mother is an unemployed single mother so
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we just struggle to
raise the child we call
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a single mother. Because
in the struggle between
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a daughter might Inez advises African
governments to I gently adopt laws and
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policies to ensure that schools allow and
support pregnant girls to stay in school
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and to return to school after having
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a child one of the recommendations that
we haven't heard in is that governments
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become
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a producer for accurate data so they can also
understand the immensity of the challenge
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and how many girls are being deprived of
education but also on the positive side
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how many of them are actually
staying in school as
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a result of. Good policies in Kenya the
government's policies prescribe that I
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don't listen mothers should go back to
school but many girls face financial and
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social barriers to return in some areas
school officials do not always follow their
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policies and communities and pregnant gals
are not always aware that I don't listen
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mothers will come in school this
is Ruben reporting for V.O.A.
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In Nairobi. 16 minutes
past the hour this is
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Africa news tonight on The Voice of America
Egypt's In president of the Fatah al
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Sisi has
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a new cabinet placing allies in keep
post the new cabinet was sworn in today
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General Mohammad Ahmed Zaki Mohamed the
head of the Republican Guard has become
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Defense Minister General Mamo Tawfiq who
had let National Security Forces will be
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interior minister Mohammad Ahmed Mohammed
who has served in various ministries
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takes on the key role of finance minister
Egyptian authorities are implementing an
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economic reform program talking to
$12000000000.00 in loans from International
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Monetary Fund issued in 2016 C.C.
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Who came to power in 2013 after ousting
the nation's only civilian elected
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president won reelection in March in
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a race in with no significant opposition
critics say he was squashed most dissent
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and imprisoned thousands of rights activists
journalist and opponents Egypt faces
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a number of problems including
a battered economy and
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a significant threat
from militant attacks.
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Democracy is at work in Zimbabwe the
country goes to the polls on July 30th
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and thousands of citizens are expressing
interest in running for public office from
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Harare reporter could write in
a washy as the report job. Is
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a member of the main
opposition alliance M.D.C.
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Alliance and will be running for the
Member of Parliament posts in this NG as
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always to constituents he describes how
individuals can register is candidates
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today is just the process whereby spatting
candidates are filing their papers with
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the nomination court if your papers filed
off records and you will only be waiting
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for the pronouncement by the police I
Ding or FISA with your filing has been
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successful or not once up because she
may not be successful if they have
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a criminal record or submit incomplete
documents or even fail to pay the required
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fee at the nomination courts as that all
candidates should know their vidit by the
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end of the day today and oral is an
independent aspiring member of Parliament for
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hit field in Harare she say is the process
has not been smooth. The process is
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chaotic it's hectic but is
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a process crowded I think we need to do
better that last month is the secretary
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general of the main
opposition party M.D.C.
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And
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a member of the main opposition are lions
He says the electoral commission is not
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made of what US Rafaeli a bow as is
required by law the boarded assured
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a delegation of international observers
that the role would be made available to
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opposition parties as
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a matter of agency. To making sure that we
have not been there before that's wrong
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I would have liked to have been put into
if they want us from even before the
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mission had but it does exist but they're
going to give up think of what us one of
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the mean in. Zimbabwe recently compiled
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a new voters role and any aspiring candidate
needs to be nominated by registered
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voters this is one of the many reasons
political players needed the voters are all
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prior to the nomination court when you
know the dodo is the editor of open policy
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an online publication that covers parliament
out of business and other political
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developments they have been closely following
the nominations you say is there some
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division in the opposition with the many
well known politicians deciding not to
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drain a grand alliance to defeat to the
ruling party is interesting that M.D.C.
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Has found under the alliance. Is standing
alone out among all my standing around
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and also. Has found nomination
papers on behalf of to cause any
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now you have all these political
parties we could form
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a grand coalition but choosing to go at
it and then and it's unfortunate company
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for office will intensify in the coming
weeks all of us say that past elections
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have experienced the violence but so far
the run up to the July polls has been
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fairly peaceful they say the stakes are
high What else will ever here lead to the
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ruling party and its presidential candidate
or break nearly 40 years of dominance
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by the party that established
independence Zanu P.F.
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For viewing this is could there's
no rush from Harare. Nigeria's
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president Mohamed Hari this month that the
country is moving its annual democracy
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date June 12th instead of May 29th I'm
over recognizes the June 12th one. 193
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election considered one of the fairest
in the nation's history but the military
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government refused to accept the results
and the winner. Although was never allowed
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to take office although died in jail in
1998 reporter Mike and Bony in Nigeria
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spoke with political analyst about
Biharis decision and about the status of
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Nigeria's democracy 25 years
later Raissa Chara is
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a professor of constitutional law in
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a new group southeast Nigeria he likes
the date change it is something that has
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been in the minds of people I
do not think that there is
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a problem if after 25 years of era there's
some attempt to correct the error
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although Nigeria has had elected president
since 1909 Acheron notes that its
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democracy still has weaknesses and the
democratic infrastructure needs to be shored
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up the point about things
and we should go to
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a point where we realize that missions are
built on institutions and if we've been
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doing things wrongly before we do them
right there's nothing wrong with it and we
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should encourage it for much of Nigeria's
history as an independent nation the
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military rolled like
Boer see Tony Francis as
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a Port Harcourt lawyer and public affairs
analyst and she says there are some in
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the country who look finally on the years
when generals were in charge. From my
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experience it would appear that the military
the way they were going about means
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the discipline being steeled in the populace
was better than what is happening now
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however the general notion is that the war
civilian administration is better than
00:22:34
any military rule that is because of the
dictatorial tendencies of military rule
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she says corruption is among the country's
biggest problems and hampers both
00:22:46
economic development and support for
civilian leadership even so she says Nigeria
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has something to offer Africa and terms
of democratic development so on on this
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note I would feel that some African countries
would more want to toward the steps
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of Nigeria but on the other hand
like view we mayn't. From both
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sides but my definite stand is that Nigeria
is definitely sure when the African
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countries some African countries they part
we at least the fact that they have to
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come one entity despite the challenges
they have faced all these Yes Ressa Chara
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and
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a leg for see Tony Francis spoke with
reporter Mike in Banja in Nigeria for the way
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. In fantasizes the 2nd most
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important cause
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a female incarceration and said My God
rights groups who have raised concern over
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the conditions of Women's Detention blame
the countries that has threatened to have
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laws on abortion many are calling on the
government to loosen its legislation in
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the western region of T.C.'s Sophia
Christianson reports on the issue through the
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story of a former convict I mean after
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a name she chose to hide her true identity
was asleep with her 2 youngest children
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when the police came to her home in the
town of them in the middle of the night.
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She had given birth 2 days earlier and
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a neighbor had seen her bury the baby I
mean after claims it was stillborn Michael
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Jeffery Jeffery Mitty. Come again
she says she was impregnated by
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a cousin who took advantage of her situation
after she lost her husband and moved
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to find work I did not want the baby she
says I mean that I was arrested on the
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spot and served 4 years in prison for
infanticide one year shorter than the typical
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sentence she was released in 2015 after
drug related offenses infanticide is
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the biggest cause of female incarceration
in Senegal rights groups estimated that
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in 2015 almost one in 5 women were arrested
on charges of infanticide in the test
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attention center where I mean that has
served her time this figure in years 30
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percent she's a fighter is a lawyer
for the Senegal Human Rights League
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a local partner of the Paris based
International Federation of Human Rights which
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among other things advocates for legalized
abortion around the world literally
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they're fun to see. Because this is just
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a discriminatory he says female prisons
are over populated and that the country
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strict abortion laws are largely to blame
Senegal is one of 10 countries in Africa
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where abortion is prohibited in all
circumstances there are strong feelings against
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abortions and ago both in society
and at the government level in
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a nation that is 96 percent Muslim women
speak out forcefully against the practice
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women's rights advocates say there is also
the cultural perception that allowing
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women to have abortions on demand will
encourage them to be promiscuous. Women in
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Senegal can legally terminate their
pregnancies with 3 doctors satisfied that her
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life is at risk
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a toss activists say is almost impossible
to complete within the abortion time and
00:26:05
. In the female culture of the test detention
center women check quietly amongst
00:26:11
themselves as they embroider tablecloths
and napkins prison officials said there
00:26:16
are never more than 30 detainees at one
time but both rights groups and former
00:26:20
convicts claim the real number is
higher I mean not to recall sharing
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a cell with more than 60 others the
United Nations has taken issue with the
00:26:29
conditions of Women's Detention in
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a 2015 report the world body says Senegal's
prisons are not adapted to woman with
00:26:37
no facilities to handle pregnancies or
00:26:39
a comedy children I what works for the
Association of Senegalese women lawyers is
00:26:45
an organization advocating the legalization
of abortion in cases of rape and incest
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or when
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a woman's health is at risk. In
the whole. Society considering
00:26:58
the role they play in society that they
really shouldn't be any woman in jail
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system. She says her association is pushing
the government to consider alternative
00:27:06
penalties that would allow women to serve
their sentences outside prison this would
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be better for the families and for the
education of their children she adds I mean
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that I was not allowed to take her children
to prison they were collected by her
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out distorter and taken back to the native
village where they stayed until her
00:27:25
release shunned by her family
I mean not our now lives in
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a corrugated iron shed on her out of Brothers'
mango plantation 12 kilometers from
00:27:34
and. I said to Cuba is a
program manager photostats
00:27:38
a Dakar base that helps reintegrate
former detainee. Is. Being arrested
00:27:45
for infanticide is something that will
continue her troops for the rest of your
00:27:49
life she says these women are rejected by
their families and rejected by society.
00:27:54
But Cuba does not think loosening
abortion laws would have
00:27:57
a significant impact. Many women are
00:28:04
illiterate as could be they would not even
think there could be an alternative to
00:28:08
giving birth and smothering the baby
she is pushing for more access to
00:28:12
contraceptives as
00:28:13
a solution family planning 2020 says fewer
than 16 percent of women in Senegal were
00:28:19
using
00:28:19
a modern method of contraception last
year I mean not to believe her fate would
00:28:23
have been different had she had
more options. Sophia Christiansen.
00:28:33
And that wraps up this edition of African
news tonight. In Washington and I'm king
00:28:38
Louis and thanks for teasing
the points of America.
00:29:09
Sporty greetings to all our of the only
listeners this is Sunday young post on the
00:29:14
sunny side of sports.
00:29:22
Please join me at 163830 you P.C.
00:29:26
Monday through Friday for special World
Cup updates during the monthlong football
00:29:31
festival in Russia. Right
here on The Voice of America.
00:29:41
And. Friends we can
00:29:48
all this into the sunny side of sports
great job rock. Right here on The Voice of
00:29:54
America. This is video way Sonny
Young in Washington well.
00:30:01
Sunny side of sports the 2018 World
Cup football tournament officially
00:30:08
kicked off Thursday in Moscow Russia
in the opening match of the month long
00:30:14
football festival Russia is hosting
Saudi Arabia at the $80000.00
00:30:20
seat Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and
right now we're in the 70. A minute
00:30:27
and the Russians lead the Saudis
to nil and let's give a Sunnyside
00:30:33
a sports salute to Yuri Gidzenko ski
doesn't ski gets the 1st goal of Russia
00:30:40
28 team he scored on a header in
the 12th minute dentist chair
00:30:46
a chef double the lead for the Russians
just before the break once again we're in
00:30:52
the 71st minute the Russians
just scored again Russia Saudi
00:30:59
Arabia No the Russians back on the board
Russia looks like they're headed for
00:31:05
victory in the opening match of the World
Cup the stadium at Luzhniki it looks
00:31:12
at full capacity this evening Luzhniki
will also host the World Cup final on July
00:31:19
15th now Russia Saudi Arabia is
00:31:23
a match up of the 2 lowest ranked teams
in the 32 nation World Cup The Russians
00:31:30
are number 70 in the June fifo rankings
while the Saudis are at number 67
00:31:37
just before the match kicked off outside
Luzhniki Stadium these 2 Saudi fans
00:31:44
both predicted victory for their team and
I think we will win this game because
00:31:52
we have
00:31:52
a great team and I think.
We will win 30 I think it's
00:31:59
a good achievement to play on you know
international level the whole world is
00:32:04
watching and we get to prove that we can
play some soccer my prediction it will be
00:32:09
21 and we win I told the players to play
very well I don't know what's going to
00:32:14
happen. Well here's
00:32:18
a laughing matter those Saudis that 1st
Saudi we heard said the Saudis were going
00:32:24
to win 3 nil why don't we flip it. Right
now Russia lead Saudi Arabia Arabia 3
00:32:31
nil the Saudis are not going to win this
match sports fans Russia headed to victory
00:32:37
in the opening match of the 28000 feet
for World Cup Russia 3 Saudi Arabia nil
00:32:44
where in the 72nd minute the Russians
00:32:48
a looks like they're headed to their 1st
victory at the World Cup in 16 years
00:32:54
for our V.O.A.
00:32:55
World Cup fans keeping score Russia
defeated to Nisha 2 nil at the 2002
00:33:02
World Cup in Cobi Japan the Carthage
Eagles of Tunisia also qualified for the
00:33:09
2018 World Cup the to nations take on
England June 18th in their opening match
00:33:16
in Volgograd Russia now to name is one
of 5 African teams competing at Russia
00:33:22
$28.00 teen the 4 others are the Pharaohs
of Egypt the Atlas lions of Morocco
00:33:29
the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the lions
of Tauranga of Senegal the Egyptians and
00:33:36
the Moroccans will be the 1st 2 African
teams in action on Friday Egypt will play
00:33:42
ergo i
00:33:43
n Katherine Berg Russia and Morocco
will meet Iran in St Petersburg Russia
00:33:50
Egypt Argentina head coach Hector Cooper
was quoted on Thursday saying his
00:33:57
star Liverpool striker Mohamed So law
is almost 100 percent certain to
00:34:04
play against erg why that would certainly
be a big birthday present for most
00:34:10
a la who yes Mighty Mo is going
to celebrate his 26th birthday on
00:34:17
Friday saliva has not played since injuring
shoulder ligaments during Liverpool's
00:34:23
your way for
00:34:24
a Champions League Final defeat
by Riad. Madrid on May 26th Egypt
00:34:30
coach Cooper adds this about salon and I
quote He could become the top goal scorer
00:34:37
in Russia and one of the greatest players
he's doing very well and has recovered
00:34:44
very very quickly birthday boy Mohamed
Salaam and the Egyptians will be taking
00:34:51
on an erg white team that finished 2nd
to Brazil in South America as World Cup
00:34:57
qualifying competition Ergo I also
features the dynamic scoring do duo
00:35:04
of Perrie's sans your man's Edinson
Cavani and Barcelona's Luis Suarez Suarez
00:35:11
and provide any arrived at erg wise
World Cup training camp after posting
00:35:17
a combined 71 goals and 99
matches across all competitions
00:35:24
for their trophy winning clubs this
past season and how's this for
00:35:30
a dynamic partnership V.O.A.
00:35:33
World Cup fans kill Vonnie and Suarez
as joint international portfolio is
00:35:39
approaching 100 career goals my V.O.A.
00:35:44
Colleague when Luton will have more on
Egyptian star Mohamed Salaam But 1st Glenn
00:35:50
has an update on World Cup security
sporty Greetings going sporting
00:35:57
Greetings sunny happy World Cup sports fans
so listen if you are suddenly thinking
00:36:03
about heading over to Russia to be part of
the action you need to know security is
00:36:09
tight army trucks arrived in Moscow on
Thursday to join the security forces that
00:36:15
are already in place thousands of police
have been deployed in all 11 whole cities
00:36:22
and they are ready to deal with rowdy
spectators and security threats. Extra police
00:36:27
are on patrol in metro stations as thousands
upon thousands of soccer fans pour it
00:36:34
into Russia ahead of Thursday's opening
match Russian President Vladimir Putin
00:36:40
promises that this year's World Cup will
be an unforgettable and vibrant one on
00:36:46
Wednesday Putin spoke in Moscow at
00:36:48
a fee for Congress and called the tournaments
the crem Dela crem of global football
00:36:54
Putin also thanked fifa for their dedication
in keeping politics out of sport the
00:37:00
for president Gianni infantile you know
expressed his gratitude to the Russian
00:37:04
president for hosting the World Cup in his
country from the bottom of our hearts. A
00:37:11
big big big thank you to
you Mr Putin for your
00:37:17
engagement for your passion for making
us really feel part of the same team
00:37:25
to your governments to the local organizing
committee to the Russian Football Union
00:37:30
to all the volunteers in Russia and to
all the 150 or more 1000000 Russian
00:37:37
people who are welcoming the will to here
in the next months thank you for being
00:37:44
here. And I see you very soon thank
you very much well World Cup fever
00:37:50
continues to heat up
00:37:52
a sea of spectators from around the globe
have gathered in Moscow with their
00:37:57
nation's flags in tow and team jerseys
on full display this year's World Cup
00:38:04
heavily features national teams from the
Middle East and Latin America and this
00:38:09
coastal Rican stocker fan arrived way ahead
of her Nations match against Serbia on
00:38:15
Sunday all the people like me like everyone
here from people all over down the
00:38:21
world so yeah we're having to be here and
this Australian soccer fan brought up. If
00:38:27
you Ozzies along so here with
a tour group of about 90 S.
00:38:31
Trains it's they're saying the realities
of being just doing the tourist thing for
00:38:36
a few days there I said over there is
really cool down by the Kremlin that's our
00:38:40
stuff
00:38:41
a lot of history and also at the bar the
ball comes pretty close of Australia will
00:38:45
face France on Saturday the Egyptian
team arrived at their hotel in
00:38:51
a Catherine burg ahead of their Friday
opener against Uruguay and Egyptian fans
00:38:56
were there before dawn to welcome their
home team I came over here in Katzenberg at
00:39:02
5 o'clock in the morning it was
00:39:04
a total 44 hours flight to be 44 hours to
come over here and I'm here for the team
00:39:10
and we're going to be very loud in the
in the stadium on Friday oh. Mohamed
00:39:17
emerged from the bus to the sound of
cheering fans who were no doubt relieved he
00:39:23
made it to the World Cup at all in May
left the field in tears after sold her
00:39:29
injury forced him out of
the final match of the U.
00:39:32
Wafer Champions League and Egypt held
its collective breath as his World Cup
00:39:37
appearance was thrown into question yet
throughout his recovery Celeste stayed
00:39:43
connected to his legion of fans assuring
them he would be ready for the cup last
00:39:49
week he posted a picture
of himself performing
00:39:52
a shoulder exercise and wrote good feelings
outside the Russian hotel this fan said
00:39:59
the strength of his nation is with most
Allah and the entire Egyptian team we've
00:40:04
got
00:40:05
a very good chance we're all hoping the
seller will be fit to play and if it doesn't
00:40:11
we got 100000000 behind the team. This
00:40:18
year marks Egypt's 1st appearance
in the World Cup since 1990 and do
00:40:24
you remember this sound. Thank
you thank you the sound
00:40:31
of South Africa 2010 still ringing in
the ears of those who were there well
00:40:38
make way for Russia 2018
and the spoon victory.
00:40:47
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
00:40:58
This bones or Los Gus in Russian will be
stirring the crowd in 11 host cities over
00:41:04
the next month designers had a choice between
3 instruments a clapper a shaker and
00:41:10
a spoon in the end the spoon triumphed as
00:41:14
a true reflection of Russian culture and
for its gentler less disturbing sound than
00:41:19
say the vuvuzela or the Brazilian Caixa
Roula featured prominently in Brazil
00:41:25
2014 the spawns come in
00:41:28
a variety of colors and patterns and
are traditionally made of wood however
00:41:34
a special plastic version is available for
the less skillful among us let's hear it
00:41:40
for the official instrument
of the World Cup.
00:41:46
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK
00:41:53
YOU. Thank you Sunny start up
when stirred up there are no
00:42:00
those spoons and stirring up some World Cup
news for us that's my Voice of America
00:42:06
colleague Gwen I'm Sunny young
and you're listening to
00:42:10
a special World Cup edition of the sunny
side of sports on the Voice of America
00:42:17
host Russia is heading to victory in the
opening match of the 28 team World Cup
00:42:23
football tournament the Russians lead
Saudi Arabia. 3 nil in the 82nd minute
00:42:29
at Luzhniki Stadium
Let's give a sunny side
00:42:33
a sports salute another one to Yuri
Gidzenko he scored the 1st goal of Russia
00:42:39
2800 on
00:42:40
a header in the 12th minute Dennis Sherry
chef doubled the lead for the Russians in
00:42:46
the 43rd minute and Alan Zug a of
00:42:50
a substitute came on I excuse me Allen our
Thames Zuba let me get the name right
00:42:56
our Thames Zuba came on in the 2nd half as
00:42:59
a substitute he scored in the 71st
minute so once again it's Russia 3
00:43:05
Saudi Arabia no where in the 83rd minute
the Russians the host Russians are going
00:43:12
to win the opening match of the 28
team World Cup Coca-Cola is one of
00:43:19
the official sponsors of the 28 Teen World
Cup in Russia and Coca-Cola was official
00:43:25
World Cup song is colors by American
singer Jason Derulo let's give it
00:43:32
a listen. Look what we.
00:43:44
Can.
00:43:57
See.
00:44:07
We. See the
00:44:13
be.
00:44:20
The big hands of the
00:44:23
a kind the book. Hands
00:46:08
up. The BE.
00:46:17
The. To. The.
00:46:32
The balance. That was in the suit.
00:46:41
That's colors by American singer Jason
Derulo Coca Cola's official 2018 World Cup
00:46:48
song the anthem is described as
00:46:50
a rallying cry for fans around the
world to embrace their colors
00:46:56
a concept that extends beyond country
flags and team jerseys the 28 year old
00:47:02
Derulo says the song basically wrote itself
Jason says colors is about champions
00:47:09
but also about the state of the world
Derulo says he wanted to create something
00:47:14
International that fans around the world
can enjoy and Jason adds this about the
00:47:20
sound of the song he says it has an
island vibe it has African rhythms and it
00:47:27
has
00:47:27
a Latin influence with guitar Jason
says he wanted to mesh all those vibes
00:47:34
together so everyone can feel like it's
their sound I'm Sonny young and you're
00:47:41
listening to
00:47:41
a special World Cup edition of the sunny
side of sports on the Voice of America
00:47:49
host Russia headed for victory in the
opening match of the 28000 World Cup right
00:47:55
now we're just
00:47:56
a couple of minutes from the final whistle
the Russians lead Saudi Arabia 3 nil the
00:48:02
goal scorers cousin skate Yuri Gidzenko
ski with the 1st goal of the world. Up in
00:48:07
the 12th minute dentist
chair a chef and Shubha
00:48:12
a substitute in the 71st minute Russia
headed for victory in the opening match of
00:48:19
the 20 year 18 World Cup The Super Eagles
of Nigeria will play Croatia Saturday
00:48:26
in their opening World Cup match in Kaliningrad
Russia former goalkeeper David and
00:48:32
go Diego captain the Super
Eagles in 19881989 David also
00:48:39
trained the goalkeepers for Nigeria's
bronze medal winning team at the 2014 Rio
00:48:46
Olympics in Brazil now Nigeria has
3 goalkeepers in Russia he could
00:48:53
to quote as Zane WA Danielle
PE and Francis Zoho reporter
00:48:59
Iron Mike M.-Bone Yeah ask David and go
Diego about the quality of Nigeria's World
00:49:06
Cup goalkeeper Well the operation
is over we know that when you have
00:49:12
a continent and produce in it will keep
us at that level that people can rely on
00:49:16
that kind of the standard
a patient or looking at
00:49:20
a group of us who have they are the ones
who have us at now and they're the ones
00:49:23
that have been as consistently to be
difficult not to start bringing in people
00:49:28
though some of us are the school of thought
that no matter what the emotion of
00:49:31
being called luck because of his wealth of
experience and for the fact that he has
00:49:36
that exposure and so what we want to look
at it also to we expect that the cookie
00:49:40
puzzle have nothing to rise up that you
can you know see I want to also started
00:49:44
with an opportunity like this when you had
00:49:46
a drop you know Korea Japan and he took
that chance and he you know isn't always to
00:49:52
the polling in and you know what
enough. Sonnen least think the yamas
00:49:59
inability to meet the national and the
fact that he's not been an option for his
00:50:03
French club puzzle I'm What's your reaction
to the well to me I. Don't look at it
00:50:07
out with him as much as I'm not trying to
maybe criticize the technical crew for
00:50:12
that answer or I tell
me I feel that they got
00:50:15
a budget out or sent his or her lover sent
to if we wanted the service look at 990
00:50:21
the camera and team they were having
00:50:23
a problem with scoring goals before they
woke up if you remember the went to the
00:50:27
initial scope and they got knocked
out by the senator it was
00:50:30
a very proper form of an eyebrow but in
Africa was crying that come on do you think
00:50:34
we're going to have but our representative
what it according to the Russian coach
00:50:37
he went on brought back Richard Miller
from retirement and that was the turning
00:50:41
point that the team needed
and they went it alone on to
00:50:44
a rhythm in the problems of the war so we
felt that I mean. Has gotten most of all
00:50:49
over the side
00:50:50
a time you had that engine club in the
town got given the support knowing that
00:50:54
Cully commit is not readily available because
of it is illness so but that said on
00:50:58
down the they did not do that and so on but
they want to have now in camp now they
00:51:03
are the one that are being used regularly
so we expect that at least the rise up to
00:51:07
the occasion because there is this
mind you don't spirit that you have
00:51:10
a player the result might not be to encourage
in the last few friendly games and so
00:51:15
on but I think with
00:51:16
a much against greedy It will determine how
far will go because well be gone is the
00:51:21
Hubble looking beyond the Russian $28.00
in World Cup and looking at the past we
00:51:27
haven't come across or go class
we have will be advised today and
00:51:31
a lot of the national team on how to
improve Well we have to start looking for
00:51:36
goalkeepers are the truth of it you remember
weapon pairing for the Olympic Games
00:51:40
and been part of that technical career so
people are so proudly mounted on it came
00:51:44
up when we came up from the league and the
mother demanded and I did actually very
00:51:47
well for us when it was given time to
get an average player we took that
00:51:52
a lot way construed in a lot of
issues that is still the puzzle is
00:51:57
a good goalkeeper no doubt and I know the
young want calm you know people who just
00:52:00
are looking at all these goalkeepers now
so that they will be better competition to
00:52:04
bring out the best in them we made this.
Mystics omo what allies. Would you know
00:52:11
how I would know you the World Cup people.
We do know when it's made as an exposed
00:52:17
assistant filling in a window to put in
00:52:20
a ticket as they want to keep the deduction
new agree to qualify as Unfortunately
00:52:24
you too had an injury and that was that
kind of tension and so we were going to get
00:52:29
to Cuba when he woke up
on the young chop from
00:52:32
a spin came up once or keep on no doubt is
00:52:35
a very young and no doubt it would be
too much as he has made some experience
00:52:38
without home but yet not in the World Cup
stand talking about the work of the noble
00:52:43
he can also rise up to the occasion on
covering the twins up that's David and good
00:52:49
D.
00:52:49
Gun the former captain and goalkeeper of
Nigeria's national football team the Super
00:52:55
Eagles and David was talking with
reporter Iron Mike. In Port Harcourt
00:53:02
Nigeria I'm Sonny young
and you're listening to
00:53:05
a special World Cup edition of the
sunny side of sports on the Voice of
00:53:11
America were in the final seconds of
play in Moscow and host Russia headed
00:53:18
for
00:53:19
a very convincing 4 nul victory over
Saudi Arabia in the opening match of
00:53:26
the 2018 World Cup Let's give a sunny side
00:53:29
a sports shout out to 2 Russians Yuri
Gidzenko scored the very 1st goal of Russia
00:53:35
2018 in the 12th minute dentist chair
00:53:39
a chef 2 goals for the Russians in their
opener were in the final seconds of play
00:53:46
host Russia going to win the opening match
of the World Cup for new will over Saudi
00:53:52
Arabia and the 1st match of the World Cup
So the Russians this will be their 1st
00:53:58
World Cup victory in 16 years and it
looks like the Russians have just
00:54:05
scored another I. Now there
goal I want to go with
00:54:09
a final score from Moscow 5 nil
Russia 5 nil Russia wins the
00:54:16
opening match of the state of the World Cup
if I'm wrong I'll be back at 1830 with
00:54:22
an update And that wraps up
00:54:24
a special June 14th World Cup edition of
the sunny side of sports thanks to V.O.A.
00:54:29
Producer Bill work injure the Awake engineer
will chicks already act and thank you
00:54:34
for tuning in I'm Sunny young and
that's the sunny side of sports.
00:54:42
Next an editorial reflecting the views of
the United States government on May 8th
00:54:48
health officials in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo or D R C reported 2
00:54:53
confirmed cases of Ebola in the
country's northwest it is the D.R.
00:54:58
Sees 9th outbreak of the disease since
the discovery of the virus near the
00:55:02
country's Ebola River and the 2nd since
the largest ever Ebola epidemic swept
00:55:08
across West Africa from
2014 to 2015 Ebola is
00:55:13
a viral hemorrhagic fever with average
mortality rates ranging from 25 to 90
00:55:20
percent depending on the specific strain
according to the World Health Organization
00:55:25
by the end of December 2015 the epidemic
that devastated West Africa sickened
00:55:32
28616 people and killed 11310
00:55:38
across 10 countries Ebola is
00:55:41
a disease of the thick forest where
people and wild animals exist in close
00:55:46
proximity here people are more likely to
eat bushmeat or wild game that may be
00:55:51
infected with the disease that
is one of the reasons why
00:55:54
a ball is endemic in the D R C meaning
it is always present there at some level
00:56:00
since the earliest cases of this
outbreak were reported in the D.R.
00:56:03
Sees forested region of the
Choro the. Help spread to Dhaka
00:56:09
a major port city there is now
00:56:11
a possibility that the infection could
travel down the Congo River to more densely
00:56:16
populated areas such as Kinshasa the capital
with its population of $10000000.00 on
00:56:22
May 22nd U.S.
00:56:23
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Alex as are announced that the U.S.
00:56:28
Agency for International
Development or U.S.
00:56:31
Will contribute up to $7000000.00 at this
stage to combat the Ebola outbreak in the
00:56:37
D.R. See this is in addition to
the $1000000.00 US a ID committed
00:56:43
a few days earlier to help prevent the
spread of this deadly disease the United
00:56:48
States is also sending
00:56:49
a team of public health experts to join
the efforts of the Ministry of Health of
00:56:53
the D R C The World Health Organization and
other partners at the same time we call
00:56:58
on the global community to make funding
available immediately to support the
00:57:03
government of the D R C and the World Health
Organization's health emergencies fund
00:57:08
the contingency fund for emergencies in
order to contain the outbreak as soon as
00:57:13
possible before it spreads further
and harms more people. But it was an
00:57:20
editorial reflecting the views
of the United States government.
00:57:26
To. The site.
00:57:35
For. The SO 40 greetings to all our V.O.A.
00:57:41
Listeners the sunny young post-up
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Of bilateral mechanisms this amid escalating
trade tensions between the world's 2
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biggest economies President Donald Trump
is due to unveil revisions to his initial
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tariff list targeting $50000000000.00 of
Chinese goods on Friday prior to Beijing
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met with Japanese and South Korean foreign
ministers in Seoul South Korea there he
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thanked China for helping bring North
Korea to the negotiating table during
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a summit with the US earlier this week the
Republican Korean knowledge that we have
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turned the corner that we've begun
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a process away from the threat of war
and towards the peace on the peninsula.
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Briefing regional leaders and diplomats
during this trip to Asia Japanese news
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outlets say officials
are say King to arrange
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a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo
and North Korean leader Kim Jong un
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according to government sources expectations
were raised after Kim told U.S.
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President Trump during their meeting
Tuesday in Singapore he's willing to hold
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talks with. The U.N.
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Security Council is set to hold an
emergency meeting Thursday to discuss the
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situation in Yemen it says 2nd day as
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offensive to push Huth the rebel rebels
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News. The UN General Assembly Wednesday
condemned Israel for excessive use of force
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against Palestinian
civilians and ask the U.N.
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Secretary general for
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a protection mechanism for occupied
Palestinian territory the result of the voted
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as follows in favor 120 against 8
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abstentions $45.00 draft resolution
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a slate dash 10 slash 3
and up to the US vetoed
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a similar resolution in the Security
Council dozens of Palestinians were killed
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during protests along the Gaza Israel
from tear beginning in late March U.S.
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Officials will join talks in
Geneva later this month on forming
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a Syrian constitutional committee
that's according to U.N.
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Syrian envoy Stefan the most Doria he told
that to reporters on Thursday signaling
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movement in
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a process that had appeared at the risk
of stalling leaders of the US Republican
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led House of Representatives are trying to
craft legislation on immigration issues
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the outcome of
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a truce between the party's conservative
and moderate factions the fate of
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thousands of young Onda undocumented
immigrants in the Deferred Action for
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Childhood Arrivals program or
DACA is at stake the bill taking
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a conservative approach to legal status
for DACA recipients may not have enough
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votes to pass and the so-called compromise
bill is still being written Republican
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Representative Carlos we said from the
beginning we want the house to debate
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immigration reform in
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a serious meaningful way and it looks like
that is happening for the 1st time in
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nearly
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a decade votes on immigration bills could
be held as soon as next week bad weather
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has forced a migrant rescue ship
in the Mediterranean to take
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a detour on its journey
to Spain the group S.O.S.
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Mediterranean tweeted out Thursday quote
the Aquarius will sail along the East
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Coast of Sardinia to avoid. Weather and
preserve the sick exhausted and shocked
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survivors of this untenable situation in
Spain agreed to take in the vessel with
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629 migrants left in limbo after their
weekend rescue off Libya's coast as Italy
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and Malta bickered over who should take
them in the World Cup excitement has begun
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was
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the most Russia is taking on Saudi Arabia
in the opening match happening right now
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fans decked down in national colors created
an electric air of anticipation near
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Red Square earlier in the day the World Cup
will be played at venues across Russia
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until the final on July 15th
I'm Liz Palka for V.O.A.
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News. That's the latest
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This is Africa news tonight
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Good evening and welcome to Africa news
tonight from the English to Africa Service
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of the Voice of America your source for Pan
African news and world developments I'm
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Kim Lewis in Washington and coming up on
Africa news tonight we feel that it's very
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important to highlight what is happening
to adolescent mothers in education because
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they are highly in this group and government
policies that and then the Martinez
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author of The Human Rights Watch report on
African policies towards President teams
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and adolescent mothers attending school
the details coming up also Muslims around
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the world are preparing to celebrate outfitter
after an extensive Ramadan fast and
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democracy is at work in Zimbabwe as the
country goes to the polls on July 30th
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we'll have these stories and lots
more ahead on Africa news tonight.
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Today is
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a big day for sports fans of the
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a young host of the sunny side of sports
the 2018 World Cup football tournament
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officially kicked off Thursday in Moscow
Russia Russia is hosting Saudi Arabia in
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the opening match the 1st 2 African teams
the Pharaohs of Egypt and the yeah plus
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lions of Morocco will be in action Friday
Egypt's head coach says Liverpool star
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Mohamed Salah injured
last month in the U.A.E.
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For Champions League final is almost 100
percent certain to play against erg why
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and the Moroccans will meet Iran I'll
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So that has suffered its 2nd deadly mosque
attack in just over a month shocking
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a country that prides itself on religious
tolerance Police say 2 people were
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fatally stabbed and several others wounded
in mouse but he near Cape Town police
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fatally shot the lone attacker after he
charged at officers police say they are
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investigating and did not discuss possible
motives the attack occurred at the end
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of that Ahmed on his lumps month of
fasting and that inflection on May 10th
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attackers killed
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a mosque leader and injured 2 other people
come mosque in the town of veteran on
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the outskirts of the eastern port city of
Durban know what assets have been made
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about 1.5 percent of South Africa's
55000000 people are Muslim.
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Muslims around the world are preparing
to celebrate the alphabet or after the
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Ramadan fast Muslim clerics are calling
on the faithful to retain the virtues
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gained during the holy month
gift argue Rieger reports from
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a border Nigeria it falls on the 1st day
of the month of show while the aim of this
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feast is to be grateful for the successful
completion of the month long the Ramadan
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fast in one Geria Muslims are in high
spirits ready for the celebration which is
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also called Sela in Arabic the Nigerian
government has already declared Friday in
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Monday public holidays to enable Muslims
to mark the occasion term use of any man
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in
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a Buddha says they were Lawson's every Muslim
can learn from the just concluded Ramadan
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. Lit school that's changed
is that more or less
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one's behavior from bad
to good from to better it
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is
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a pseudonym the lessons both suppressed
social economy and what have
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you are more than elevates one level of
emotion so that you'd be closer to Alaskans
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than what I am of them teaches us sincerity
which we're expected to be sincere and
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be attracted to as our mission you
serve called on Muslims to live
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a life of Secretary Rice charity and love
for one another some Muslims express
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their happiness and their gratitude to allow
for seen them through another Ramadan
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fast the man was dressed
in a white gel a beer with
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a cap to fit cord in
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a raid big and he was seated in his
brother's shop who sells groceries and
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additional M.A.
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Was wearing a white shirt with
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a pair of pants. Beaming with smiles.
So we have to learn more about my
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dad. And Shiloh I want to say
that they decide it's people.
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It's happiness my British show
for the forthcoming Italy 53100.
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For everything for good it is better and
the level of human being. Of economy
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everybody moves very very tough this fall
it's taken to make hardship the country's
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experience and there is no down stats Muslims
in Nigeria prepared to celebrate this
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holy face along the.
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Ied Mubarak to Muslims around
the well that. This Gift I get
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from. An
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international human rights group says
tens of thousands of pregnant girls and
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adolescent mothers are banned or discarded
from attending school across Africa
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Human Rights Watch examines the issue in
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a 40 page report that at least today I head
of the day of the African child on June
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16th from the Kenyan capital reports.
Speaking to reporters in Nairobi
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representatives from the New York based
Human Rights Group said many African
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governments of made strong commitments
in recent years to ensure that pregnant
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girls and young mothers cannot attend
school however countries such as Equatorial
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Guinea Sierra Leone and tons Anea still
ban pregnant girls or dollars and mothers
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from government screws in
Martinez is children's rights
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a researcher at Human Rights Watch and all
of the of the report we feel that it's
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very important to highlight what is happening
to adolescent mothers in education
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because they are
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a highly visible group in government
policies this is despite the fact that
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actually Africa has the highest teenage
fertility rates in the world and yet
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governments have in some cases managed to
ensure that they include pregnant girls
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in their analysis but in many cases we
have found that this is lacking in many
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governments are actually really not including
some analysts and mothers the report
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provides the 1st comprehensive analyses
of laws policies and practices across all
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African Union member states that support
or block adolescent girls schooling during
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pregnancy and motherhood it defines that
terms Anea is among and 4 of African
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countries that officially discriminate
against young mothers state policy many more
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countries opt to keep dollars and mothers
in school or the implementation of their
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laws and policies frequently force short
and monitoring of our dollars and mothers
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entry to education remains
weak overall Terry or T.N.
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Or the national coordinator of the forum
for African women educational east far
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away Kenya chapter explains one of the
challenges that we have really experienced
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is
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a lot of the police in full swing. You
realize that the police is there.
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To implement it there's no legal in
force majeure but when I watch when
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a teacher has
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a forceful listen to God send out to the
school what should have been the teacher
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does not think the police is the sin of
this teacher should be arrested by this
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teacher should be done this they
should be a lane in the policy or
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a sentence the policy that emphasize the
interest in these things these are the
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repercussions Every year thousands of
school age African girls become pregnant
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girls from poor and more marginalized
households and communities are among the most
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affected Christine who is
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a teenage mother who resides in one of
Nairobi's informal settlements she say's
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life has never been the same scenes she
became pregnant and gave birth to our
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foster child while in school then we looked
at her and should turn to 16 if you're
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a 16 years old primary it's.
My duty to protect your
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players she say's I became pregnant
in 2016 aged 16 years while doing
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my final year in primary school I
had to drop out of school to become
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a mother I was unable to finish school my
mother is an unemployed single mother so
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we just struggle to
raise the child we call
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a single mother. Because
in the struggle between
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a daughter might Inez advises African
governments to I gently adopt laws and
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policies to ensure that schools allow and
support pregnant girls to stay in school
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and to return to school after having
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a child one of the recommendations that
we haven't heard in is that governments
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become
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a producer for accurate data so they can also
understand the immensity of the challenge
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and how many girls are being deprived of
education but also on the positive side
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how many of them are actually
staying in school as
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a result of. Good policies in Kenya the
government's policies prescribe that I
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don't listen mothers should go back to
school but many girls face financial and
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social barriers to return in some areas
school officials do not always follow their
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policies and communities and pregnant gals
are not always aware that I don't listen
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mothers will come in school this
is Ruben reporting for V.O.A.
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In Nairobi. 16 minutes
past the hour this is
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Africa news tonight on The Voice of America
Egypt's In president of the Fatah al
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Sisi has
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a new cabinet placing allies in keep
post the new cabinet was sworn in today
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General Mohammad Ahmed Zaki Mohamed the
head of the Republican Guard has become
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Defense Minister General Mamo Tawfiq who
had let National Security Forces will be
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interior minister Mohammad Ahmed Mohammed
who has served in various ministries
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takes on the key role of finance minister
Egyptian authorities are implementing an
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economic reform program talking to
$12000000000.00 in loans from International
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Monetary Fund issued in 2016 C.C.
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Who came to power in 2013 after ousting
the nation's only civilian elected
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president won reelection in March in
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a race in with no significant opposition
critics say he was squashed most dissent
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and imprisoned thousands of rights activists
journalist and opponents Egypt faces
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a number of problems including
a battered economy and
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a significant threat
from militant attacks.
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Democracy is at work in Zimbabwe the
country goes to the polls on July 30th
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and thousands of citizens are expressing
interest in running for public office from
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Harare reporter could write in
a washy as the report job. Is
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a member of the main
opposition alliance M.D.C.
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Alliance and will be running for the
Member of Parliament posts in this NG as
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always to constituents he describes how
individuals can register is candidates
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today is just the process whereby spatting
candidates are filing their papers with
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the nomination court if your papers filed
off records and you will only be waiting
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for the pronouncement by the police I
Ding or FISA with your filing has been
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successful or not once up because she
may not be successful if they have
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a criminal record or submit incomplete
documents or even fail to pay the required
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fee at the nomination courts as that all
candidates should know their vidit by the
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end of the day today and oral is an
independent aspiring member of Parliament for
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hit field in Harare she say is the process
has not been smooth. The process is
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chaotic it's hectic but is
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a process crowded I think we need to do
better that last month is the secretary
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general of the main
opposition party M.D.C.
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And
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a member of the main opposition are lions
He says the electoral commission is not
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made of what US Rafaeli a bow as is
required by law the boarded assured
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a delegation of international observers
that the role would be made available to
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opposition parties as
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a matter of agency. To making sure that we
have not been there before that's wrong
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I would have liked to have been put into
if they want us from even before the
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mission had but it does exist but they're
going to give up think of what us one of
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the mean in. Zimbabwe recently compiled
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a new voters role and any aspiring candidate
needs to be nominated by registered
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voters this is one of the many reasons
political players needed the voters are all
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prior to the nomination court when you
know the dodo is the editor of open policy
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an online publication that covers parliament
out of business and other political
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developments they have been closely following
the nominations you say is there some
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division in the opposition with the many
well known politicians deciding not to
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drain a grand alliance to defeat to the
ruling party is interesting that M.D.C.
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Has found under the alliance. Is standing
alone out among all my standing around
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and also. Has found nomination
papers on behalf of to cause any
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now you have all these political
parties we could form
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a grand coalition but choosing to go at
it and then and it's unfortunate company
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for office will intensify in the coming
weeks all of us say that past elections
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have experienced the violence but so far
the run up to the July polls has been
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fairly peaceful they say the stakes are
high What else will ever here lead to the
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ruling party and its presidential candidate
or break nearly 40 years of dominance
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by the party that established
independence Zanu P.F.
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For viewing this is could there's
no rush from Harare. Nigeria's
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president Mohamed Hari this month that the
country is moving its annual democracy
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date June 12th instead of May 29th I'm
over recognizes the June 12th one. 193
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election considered one of the fairest
in the nation's history but the military
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government refused to accept the results
and the winner. Although was never allowed
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to take office although died in jail in
1998 reporter Mike and Bony in Nigeria
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spoke with political analyst about
Biharis decision and about the status of
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Nigeria's democracy 25 years
later Raissa Chara is
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a professor of constitutional law in
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a new group southeast Nigeria he likes
the date change it is something that has
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been in the minds of people I
do not think that there is
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a problem if after 25 years of era there's
some attempt to correct the error
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although Nigeria has had elected president
since 1909 Acheron notes that its
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democracy still has weaknesses and the
democratic infrastructure needs to be shored
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up the point about things
and we should go to
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a point where we realize that missions are
built on institutions and if we've been
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doing things wrongly before we do them
right there's nothing wrong with it and we
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should encourage it for much of Nigeria's
history as an independent nation the
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military rolled like
Boer see Tony Francis as
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a Port Harcourt lawyer and public affairs
analyst and she says there are some in
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the country who look finally on the years
when generals were in charge. From my
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experience it would appear that the military
the way they were going about means
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the discipline being steeled in the populace
was better than what is happening now
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however the general notion is that the war
civilian administration is better than
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any military rule that is because of the
dictatorial tendencies of military rule
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she says corruption is among the country's
biggest problems and hampers both
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economic development and support for
civilian leadership even so she says Nigeria
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has something to offer Africa and terms
of democratic development so on on this
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note I would feel that some African countries
would more want to toward the steps
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of Nigeria but on the other hand
like view we mayn't. From both
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sides but my definite stand is that Nigeria
is definitely sure when the African
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countries some African countries they part
we at least the fact that they have to
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come one entity despite the challenges
they have faced all these Yes Ressa Chara
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and
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a leg for see Tony Francis spoke with
reporter Mike in Banja in Nigeria for the way
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. In fantasizes the 2nd most
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important cause
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a female incarceration and said My God
rights groups who have raised concern over
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the conditions of Women's Detention blame
the countries that has threatened to have
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laws on abortion many are calling on the
government to loosen its legislation in
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the western region of T.C.'s Sophia
Christianson reports on the issue through the
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story of a former convict I mean after
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a name she chose to hide her true identity
was asleep with her 2 youngest children
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when the police came to her home in the
town of them in the middle of the night.
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She had given birth 2 days earlier and
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a neighbor had seen her bury the baby I
mean after claims it was stillborn Michael
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Jeffery Jeffery Mitty. Come again
she says she was impregnated by
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a cousin who took advantage of her situation
after she lost her husband and moved
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to find work I did not want the baby she
says I mean that I was arrested on the
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spot and served 4 years in prison for
infanticide one year shorter than the typical
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sentence she was released in 2015 after
drug related offenses infanticide is
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the biggest cause of female incarceration
in Senegal rights groups estimated that
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in 2015 almost one in 5 women were arrested
on charges of infanticide in the test
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attention center where I mean that has
served her time this figure in years 30
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percent she's a fighter is a lawyer
for the Senegal Human Rights League
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a local partner of the Paris based
International Federation of Human Rights which
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among other things advocates for legalized
abortion around the world literally
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they're fun to see. Because this is just
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a discriminatory he says female prisons
are over populated and that the country
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strict abortion laws are largely to blame
Senegal is one of 10 countries in Africa
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where abortion is prohibited in all
circumstances there are strong feelings against
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abortions and ago both in society
and at the government level in
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a nation that is 96 percent Muslim women
speak out forcefully against the practice
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women's rights advocates say there is also
the cultural perception that allowing
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women to have abortions on demand will
encourage them to be promiscuous. Women in
00:25:55
Senegal can legally terminate their
pregnancies with 3 doctors satisfied that her
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life is at risk
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a toss activists say is almost impossible
to complete within the abortion time and
00:26:05
. In the female culture of the test detention
center women check quietly amongst
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themselves as they embroider tablecloths
and napkins prison officials said there
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are never more than 30 detainees at one
time but both rights groups and former
00:26:20
convicts claim the real number is
higher I mean not to recall sharing
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a cell with more than 60 others the
United Nations has taken issue with the
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conditions of Women's Detention in
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a 2015 report the world body says Senegal's
prisons are not adapted to woman with
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no facilities to handle pregnancies or
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a comedy children I what works for the
Association of Senegalese women lawyers is
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an organization advocating the legalization
of abortion in cases of rape and incest
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or when
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a woman's health is at risk. In
the whole. Society considering
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the role they play in society that they
really shouldn't be any woman in jail
00:27:01
system. She says her association is pushing
the government to consider alternative
00:27:06
penalties that would allow women to serve
their sentences outside prison this would
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be better for the families and for the
education of their children she adds I mean
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that I was not allowed to take her children
to prison they were collected by her
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out distorter and taken back to the native
village where they stayed until her
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release shunned by her family
I mean not our now lives in
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a corrugated iron shed on her out of Brothers'
mango plantation 12 kilometers from
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and. I said to Cuba is a
program manager photostats
00:27:38
a Dakar base that helps reintegrate
former detainee. Is. Being arrested
00:27:45
for infanticide is something that will
continue her troops for the rest of your
00:27:49
life she says these women are rejected by
their families and rejected by society.
00:27:54
But Cuba does not think loosening
abortion laws would have
00:27:57
a significant impact. Many women are
00:28:04
illiterate as could be they would not even
think there could be an alternative to
00:28:08
giving birth and smothering the baby
she is pushing for more access to
00:28:12
contraceptives as
00:28:13
a solution family planning 2020 says fewer
than 16 percent of women in Senegal were
00:28:19
using
00:28:19
a modern method of contraception last
year I mean not to believe her fate would
00:28:23
have been different had she had
more options. Sophia Christiansen.
00:28:33
And that wraps up this edition of African
news tonight. In Washington and I'm king
00:28:38
Louis and thanks for teasing
the points of America.
00:29:09
Sporty greetings to all our of the only
listeners this is Sunday young post on the
00:29:14
sunny side of sports.
00:29:22
Please join me at 163830 you P.C.
00:29:26
Monday through Friday for special World
Cup updates during the monthlong football
00:29:31
festival in Russia. Right
here on The Voice of America.
00:29:41
And. Friends we can
00:29:48
all this into the sunny side of sports
great job rock. Right here on The Voice of
00:29:54
America. This is video way Sonny
Young in Washington well.
00:30:01
Sunny side of sports the 2018 World
Cup football tournament officially
00:30:08
kicked off Thursday in Moscow Russia
in the opening match of the month long
00:30:14
football festival Russia is hosting
Saudi Arabia at the $80000.00
00:30:20
seat Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and
right now we're in the 70. A minute
00:30:27
and the Russians lead the Saudis
to nil and let's give a Sunnyside
00:30:33
a sports salute to Yuri Gidzenko ski
doesn't ski gets the 1st goal of Russia
00:30:40
28 team he scored on a header in
the 12th minute dentist chair
00:30:46
a chef double the lead for the Russians
just before the break once again we're in
00:30:52
the 71st minute the Russians
just scored again Russia Saudi
00:30:59
Arabia No the Russians back on the board
Russia looks like they're headed for
00:31:05
victory in the opening match of the World
Cup the stadium at Luzhniki it looks
00:31:12
at full capacity this evening Luzhniki
will also host the World Cup final on July
00:31:19
15th now Russia Saudi Arabia is
00:31:23
a match up of the 2 lowest ranked teams
in the 32 nation World Cup The Russians
00:31:30
are number 70 in the June fifo rankings
while the Saudis are at number 67
00:31:37
just before the match kicked off outside
Luzhniki Stadium these 2 Saudi fans
00:31:44
both predicted victory for their team and
I think we will win this game because
00:31:52
we have
00:31:52
a great team and I think.
We will win 30 I think it's
00:31:59
a good achievement to play on you know
international level the whole world is
00:32:04
watching and we get to prove that we can
play some soccer my prediction it will be
00:32:09
21 and we win I told the players to play
very well I don't know what's going to
00:32:14
happen. Well here's
00:32:18
a laughing matter those Saudis that 1st
Saudi we heard said the Saudis were going
00:32:24
to win 3 nil why don't we flip it. Right
now Russia lead Saudi Arabia Arabia 3
00:32:31
nil the Saudis are not going to win this
match sports fans Russia headed to victory
00:32:37
in the opening match of the 28000 feet
for World Cup Russia 3 Saudi Arabia nil
00:32:44
where in the 72nd minute the Russians
00:32:48
a looks like they're headed to their 1st
victory at the World Cup in 16 years
00:32:54
for our V.O.A.
00:32:55
World Cup fans keeping score Russia
defeated to Nisha 2 nil at the 2002
00:33:02
World Cup in Cobi Japan the Carthage
Eagles of Tunisia also qualified for the
00:33:09
2018 World Cup the to nations take on
England June 18th in their opening match
00:33:16
in Volgograd Russia now to name is one
of 5 African teams competing at Russia
00:33:22
$28.00 teen the 4 others are the Pharaohs
of Egypt the Atlas lions of Morocco
00:33:29
the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the lions
of Tauranga of Senegal the Egyptians and
00:33:36
the Moroccans will be the 1st 2 African
teams in action on Friday Egypt will play
00:33:42
ergo i
00:33:43
n Katherine Berg Russia and Morocco
will meet Iran in St Petersburg Russia
00:33:50
Egypt Argentina head coach Hector Cooper
was quoted on Thursday saying his
00:33:57
star Liverpool striker Mohamed So law
is almost 100 percent certain to
00:34:04
play against erg why that would certainly
be a big birthday present for most
00:34:10
a la who yes Mighty Mo is going
to celebrate his 26th birthday on
00:34:17
Friday saliva has not played since injuring
shoulder ligaments during Liverpool's
00:34:23
your way for
00:34:24
a Champions League Final defeat
by Riad. Madrid on May 26th Egypt
00:34:30
coach Cooper adds this about salon and I
quote He could become the top goal scorer
00:34:37
in Russia and one of the greatest players
he's doing very well and has recovered
00:34:44
very very quickly birthday boy Mohamed
Salaam and the Egyptians will be taking
00:34:51
on an erg white team that finished 2nd
to Brazil in South America as World Cup
00:34:57
qualifying competition Ergo I also
features the dynamic scoring do duo
00:35:04
of Perrie's sans your man's Edinson
Cavani and Barcelona's Luis Suarez Suarez
00:35:11
and provide any arrived at erg wise
World Cup training camp after posting
00:35:17
a combined 71 goals and 99
matches across all competitions
00:35:24
for their trophy winning clubs this
past season and how's this for
00:35:30
a dynamic partnership V.O.A.
00:35:33
World Cup fans kill Vonnie and Suarez
as joint international portfolio is
00:35:39
approaching 100 career goals my V.O.A.
00:35:44
Colleague when Luton will have more on
Egyptian star Mohamed Salaam But 1st Glenn
00:35:50
has an update on World Cup security
sporty Greetings going sporting
00:35:57
Greetings sunny happy World Cup sports fans
so listen if you are suddenly thinking
00:36:03
about heading over to Russia to be part of
the action you need to know security is
00:36:09
tight army trucks arrived in Moscow on
Thursday to join the security forces that
00:36:15
are already in place thousands of police
have been deployed in all 11 whole cities
00:36:22
and they are ready to deal with rowdy
spectators and security threats. Extra police
00:36:27
are on patrol in metro stations as thousands
upon thousands of soccer fans pour it
00:36:34
into Russia ahead of Thursday's opening
match Russian President Vladimir Putin
00:36:40
promises that this year's World Cup will
be an unforgettable and vibrant one on
00:36:46
Wednesday Putin spoke in Moscow at
00:36:48
a fee for Congress and called the tournaments
the crem Dela crem of global football
00:36:54
Putin also thanked fifa for their dedication
in keeping politics out of sport the
00:37:00
for president Gianni infantile you know
expressed his gratitude to the Russian
00:37:04
president for hosting the World Cup in his
country from the bottom of our hearts. A
00:37:11
big big big thank you to
you Mr Putin for your
00:37:17
engagement for your passion for making
us really feel part of the same team
00:37:25
to your governments to the local organizing
committee to the Russian Football Union
00:37:30
to all the volunteers in Russia and to
all the 150 or more 1000000 Russian
00:37:37
people who are welcoming the will to here
in the next months thank you for being
00:37:44
here. And I see you very soon thank
you very much well World Cup fever
00:37:50
continues to heat up
00:37:52
a sea of spectators from around the globe
have gathered in Moscow with their
00:37:57
nation's flags in tow and team jerseys
on full display this year's World Cup
00:38:04
heavily features national teams from the
Middle East and Latin America and this
00:38:09
coastal Rican stocker fan arrived way ahead
of her Nations match against Serbia on
00:38:15
Sunday all the people like me like everyone
here from people all over down the
00:38:21
world so yeah we're having to be here and
this Australian soccer fan brought up. If
00:38:27
you Ozzies along so here with
a tour group of about 90 S.
00:38:31
Trains it's they're saying the realities
of being just doing the tourist thing for
00:38:36
a few days there I said over there is
really cool down by the Kremlin that's our
00:38:40
stuff
00:38:41
a lot of history and also at the bar the
ball comes pretty close of Australia will
00:38:45
face France on Saturday the Egyptian
team arrived at their hotel in
00:38:51
a Catherine burg ahead of their Friday
opener against Uruguay and Egyptian fans
00:38:56
were there before dawn to welcome their
home team I came over here in Katzenberg at
00:39:02
5 o'clock in the morning it was
00:39:04
a total 44 hours flight to be 44 hours to
come over here and I'm here for the team
00:39:10
and we're going to be very loud in the
in the stadium on Friday oh. Mohamed
00:39:17
emerged from the bus to the sound of
cheering fans who were no doubt relieved he
00:39:23
made it to the World Cup at all in May
left the field in tears after sold her
00:39:29
injury forced him out of
the final match of the U.
00:39:32
Wafer Champions League and Egypt held
its collective breath as his World Cup
00:39:37
appearance was thrown into question yet
throughout his recovery Celeste stayed
00:39:43
connected to his legion of fans assuring
them he would be ready for the cup last
00:39:49
week he posted a picture
of himself performing
00:39:52
a shoulder exercise and wrote good feelings
outside the Russian hotel this fan said
00:39:59
the strength of his nation is with most
Allah and the entire Egyptian team we've
00:40:04
got
00:40:05
a very good chance we're all hoping the
seller will be fit to play and if it doesn't
00:40:11
we got 100000000 behind the team. This
00:40:18
year marks Egypt's 1st appearance
in the World Cup since 1990 and do
00:40:24
you remember this sound. Thank
you thank you the sound
00:40:31
of South Africa 2010 still ringing in
the ears of those who were there well
00:40:38
make way for Russia 2018
and the spoon victory.
00:40:47
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.
00:40:58
This bones or Los Gus in Russian will be
stirring the crowd in 11 host cities over
00:41:04
the next month designers had a choice between
3 instruments a clapper a shaker and
00:41:10
a spoon in the end the spoon triumphed as
00:41:14
a true reflection of Russian culture and
for its gentler less disturbing sound than
00:41:19
say the vuvuzela or the Brazilian Caixa
Roula featured prominently in Brazil
00:41:25
2014 the spawns come in
00:41:28
a variety of colors and patterns and
are traditionally made of wood however
00:41:34
a special plastic version is available for
the less skillful among us let's hear it
00:41:40
for the official instrument
of the World Cup.
00:41:46
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK
00:41:53
YOU. Thank you Sunny start up
when stirred up there are no
00:42:00
those spoons and stirring up some World Cup
news for us that's my Voice of America
00:42:06
colleague Gwen I'm Sunny young
and you're listening to
00:42:10
a special World Cup edition of the sunny
side of sports on the Voice of America
00:42:17
host Russia is heading to victory in the
opening match of the 28 team World Cup
00:42:23
football tournament the Russians lead
Saudi Arabia. 3 nil in the 82nd minute
00:42:29
at Luzhniki Stadium
Let's give a sunny side
00:42:33
a sports salute another one to Yuri
Gidzenko he scored the 1st goal of Russia
00:42:39
2800 on
00:42:40
a header in the 12th minute Dennis Sherry
chef doubled the lead for the Russians in
00:42:46
the 43rd minute and Alan Zug a of
00:42:50
a substitute came on I excuse me Allen our
Thames Zuba let me get the name right
00:42:56
our Thames Zuba came on in the 2nd half as
00:42:59
a substitute he scored in the 71st
minute so once again it's Russia 3
00:43:05
Saudi Arabia no where in the 83rd minute
the Russians the host Russians are going
00:43:12
to win the opening match of the 28
team World Cup Coca-Cola is one of
00:43:19
the official sponsors of the 28 Teen World
Cup in Russia and Coca-Cola was official
00:43:25
World Cup song is colors by American
singer Jason Derulo let's give it
00:43:32
a listen. Look what we.
00:43:44
Can.
00:43:57
See.
00:44:07
We. See the
00:44:13
be.
00:44:20
The big hands of the
00:44:23
a kind the book. Hands
00:46:08
up. The BE.
00:46:17
The. To. The.
00:46:32
The balance. That was in the suit.
00:46:41
That's colors by American singer Jason
Derulo Coca Cola's official 2018 World Cup
00:46:48
song the anthem is described as
00:46:50
a rallying cry for fans around the
world to embrace their colors
00:46:56
a concept that extends beyond country
flags and team jerseys the 28 year old
00:47:02
Derulo says the song basically wrote itself
Jason says colors is about champions
00:47:09
but also about the state of the world
Derulo says he wanted to create something
00:47:14
International that fans around the world
can enjoy and Jason adds this about the
00:47:20
sound of the song he says it has an
island vibe it has African rhythms and it
00:47:27
has
00:47:27
a Latin influence with guitar Jason
says he wanted to mesh all those vibes
00:47:34
together so everyone can feel like it's
their sound I'm Sonny young and you're
00:47:41
listening to
00:47:41
a special World Cup edition of the sunny
side of sports on the Voice of America
00:47:49
host Russia headed for victory in the
opening match of the 28000 World Cup right
00:47:55
now we're just
00:47:56
a couple of minutes from the final whistle
the Russians lead Saudi Arabia 3 nil the
00:48:02
goal scorers cousin skate Yuri Gidzenko
ski with the 1st goal of the world. Up in
00:48:07
the 12th minute dentist
chair a chef and Shubha
00:48:12
a substitute in the 71st minute Russia
headed for victory in the opening match of
00:48:19
the 20 year 18 World Cup The Super Eagles
of Nigeria will play Croatia Saturday
00:48:26
in their opening World Cup match in Kaliningrad
Russia former goalkeeper David and
00:48:32
go Diego captain the Super
Eagles in 19881989 David also
00:48:39
trained the goalkeepers for Nigeria's
bronze medal winning team at the 2014 Rio
00:48:46
Olympics in Brazil now Nigeria has
3 goalkeepers in Russia he could
00:48:53
to quote as Zane WA Danielle
PE and Francis Zoho reporter
00:48:59
Iron Mike M.-Bone Yeah ask David and go
Diego about the quality of Nigeria's World
00:49:06
Cup goalkeeper Well the operation
is over we know that when you have
00:49:12
a continent and produce in it will keep
us at that level that people can rely on
00:49:16
that kind of the standard
a patient or looking at
00:49:20
a group of us who have they are the ones
who have us at now and they're the ones
00:49:23
that have been as consistently to be
difficult not to start bringing in people
00:49:28
though some of us are the school of thought
that no matter what the emotion of
00:49:31
being called luck because of his wealth of
experience and for the fact that he has
00:49:36
that exposure and so what we want to look
at it also to we expect that the cookie
00:49:40
puzzle have nothing to rise up that you
can you know see I want to also started
00:49:44
with an opportunity like this when you had
00:49:46
a drop you know Korea Japan and he took
that chance and he you know isn't always to
00:49:52
the polling in and you know what
enough. Sonnen least think the yamas
00:49:59
inability to meet the national and the
fact that he's not been an option for his
00:50:03
French club puzzle I'm What's your reaction
to the well to me I. Don't look at it
00:50:07
out with him as much as I'm not trying to
maybe criticize the technical crew for
00:50:12
that answer or I tell
me I feel that they got
00:50:15
a budget out or sent his or her lover sent
to if we wanted the service look at 990
00:50:21
the camera and team they were having
00:50:23
a problem with scoring goals before they
woke up if you remember the went to the
00:50:27
initial scope and they got knocked
out by the senator it was
00:50:30
a very proper form of an eyebrow but in
Africa was crying that come on do you think
00:50:34
we're going to have but our representative
what it according to the Russian coach
00:50:37
he went on brought back Richard Miller
from retirement and that was the turning
00:50:41
point that the team needed
and they went it alone on to
00:50:44
a rhythm in the problems of the war so we
felt that I mean. Has gotten most of all
00:50:49
over the side
00:50:50
a time you had that engine club in the
town got given the support knowing that
00:50:54
Cully commit is not readily available because
of it is illness so but that said on
00:50:58
down the they did not do that and so on but
they want to have now in camp now they
00:51:03
are the one that are being used regularly
so we expect that at least the rise up to
00:51:07
the occasion because there is this
mind you don't spirit that you have
00:51:10
a player the result might not be to encourage
in the last few friendly games and so
00:51:15
on but I think with
00:51:16
a much against greedy It will determine how
far will go because well be gone is the
00:51:21
Hubble looking beyond the Russian $28.00
in World Cup and looking at the past we
00:51:27
haven't come across or go class
we have will be advised today and
00:51:31
a lot of the national team on how to
improve Well we have to start looking for
00:51:36
goalkeepers are the truth of it you remember
weapon pairing for the Olympic Games
00:51:40
and been part of that technical career so
people are so proudly mounted on it came
00:51:44
up when we came up from the league and the
mother demanded and I did actually very
00:51:47
well for us when it was given time to
get an average player we took that
00:51:52
a lot way construed in a lot of
issues that is still the puzzle is
00:51:57
a good goalkeeper no doubt and I know the
young want calm you know people who just
00:52:00
are looking at all these goalkeepers now
so that they will be better competition to
00:52:04
bring out the best in them we made this.
Mystics omo what allies. Would you know
00:52:11
how I would know you the World Cup people.
We do know when it's made as an exposed
00:52:17
assistant filling in a window to put in
00:52:20
a ticket as they want to keep the deduction
new agree to qualify as Unfortunately
00:52:24
you too had an injury and that was that
kind of tension and so we were going to get
00:52:29
to Cuba when he woke up
on the young chop from
00:52:32
a spin came up once or keep on no doubt is
00:52:35
a very young and no doubt it would be
too much as he has made some experience
00:52:38
without home but yet not in the World Cup
stand talking about the work of the noble
00:52:43
he can also rise up to the occasion on
covering the twins up that's David and good
00:52:49
D.
00:52:49
Gun the former captain and goalkeeper of
Nigeria's national football team the Super
00:52:55
Eagles and David was talking with
reporter Iron Mike. In Port Harcourt
00:53:02
Nigeria I'm Sonny young
and you're listening to
00:53:05
a special World Cup edition of the
sunny side of sports on the Voice of
00:53:11
America were in the final seconds of
play in Moscow and host Russia headed
00:53:18
for
00:53:19
a very convincing 4 nul victory over
Saudi Arabia in the opening match of
00:53:26
the 2018 World Cup Let's give a sunny side
00:53:29
a sports shout out to 2 Russians Yuri
Gidzenko scored the very 1st goal of Russia
00:53:35
2018 in the 12th minute dentist chair
00:53:39
a chef 2 goals for the Russians in their
opener were in the final seconds of play
00:53:46
host Russia going to win the opening match
of the World Cup for new will over Saudi
00:53:52
Arabia and the 1st match of the World Cup
So the Russians this will be their 1st
00:53:58
World Cup victory in 16 years and it
looks like the Russians have just
00:54:05
scored another I. Now there
goal I want to go with
00:54:09
a final score from Moscow 5 nil
Russia 5 nil Russia wins the
00:54:16
opening match of the state of the World Cup
if I'm wrong I'll be back at 1830 with
00:54:22
an update And that wraps up
00:54:24
a special June 14th World Cup edition of
the sunny side of sports thanks to V.O.A.
00:54:29
Producer Bill work injure the Awake engineer
will chicks already act and thank you
00:54:34
for tuning in I'm Sunny young and
that's the sunny side of sports.
00:54:42
Next an editorial reflecting the views of
the United States government on May 8th
00:54:48
health officials in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo or D R C reported 2
00:54:53
confirmed cases of Ebola in the
country's northwest it is the D.R.
00:54:58
Sees 9th outbreak of the disease since
the discovery of the virus near the
00:55:02
country's Ebola River and the 2nd since
the largest ever Ebola epidemic swept
00:55:08
across West Africa from
2014 to 2015 Ebola is
00:55:13
a viral hemorrhagic fever with average
mortality rates ranging from 25 to 90
00:55:20
percent depending on the specific strain
according to the World Health Organization
00:55:25
by the end of December 2015 the epidemic
that devastated West Africa sickened
00:55:32
28616 people and killed 11310
00:55:38
across 10 countries Ebola is
00:55:41
a disease of the thick forest where
people and wild animals exist in close
00:55:46
proximity here people are more likely to
eat bushmeat or wild game that may be
00:55:51
infected with the disease that
is one of the reasons why
00:55:54
a ball is endemic in the D R C meaning
it is always present there at some level
00:56:00
since the earliest cases of this
outbreak were reported in the D.R.
00:56:03
Sees forested region of the
Choro the. Help spread to Dhaka
00:56:09
a major port city there is now
00:56:11
a possibility that the infection could
travel down the Congo River to more densely
00:56:16
populated areas such as Kinshasa the capital
with its population of $10000000.00 on
00:56:22
May 22nd U.S.
00:56:23
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Alex as are announced that the U.S.
00:56:28
Agency for International
Development or U.S.
00:56:31
Will contribute up to $7000000.00 at this
stage to combat the Ebola outbreak in the
00:56:37
D.R. See this is in addition to
the $1000000.00 US a ID committed
00:56:43
a few days earlier to help prevent the
spread of this deadly disease the United
00:56:48
States is also sending
00:56:49
a team of public health experts to join
the efforts of the Ministry of Health of
00:56:53
the D R C The World Health Organization and
other partners at the same time we call
00:56:58
on the global community to make funding
available immediately to support the
00:57:03
government of the D R C and the World Health
Organization's health emergencies fund
00:57:08
the contingency fund for emergencies in
order to contain the outbreak as soon as
00:57:13
possible before it spreads further
and harms more people. But it was an
00:57:20
editorial reflecting the views
of the United States government.
00:57:26
To. The site.
00:57:35
For. The SO 40 greetings to all our V.O.A.
00:57:41
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00:59:35
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source of information.
00:59:42
From Washington this is V.O.A. News.
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